NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING

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NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING, BUDGET VOTE AND ANNUAL

SCHOOL DISTRICT 

ELECTION OF THE

GREAT NECK UNION 

FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT

TOWN OF NORTH 

HEMPSTEAD

COUNTY OF NASSAU,

NEW YORK

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual election of the qualified voters of the Great Neck Union Free School District Nassau County, New York will be held on May 16, 2017 in the two election districts:

ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 1 All that section of the School District lying north of the Long Island Railroad, at the Great Neck E.M. Baker School, 69 Baker Hill Road, Great Neck, New York;

ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 2 All that section of the School District lying south of the Long Island Railroad, at the Great Neck South Senior High School, 341 Lakeville Road, Great Neck, New York, for the following purposes:

A) To vote upon the annual school budget for the year 2017-2018 and to authorize the levying of a tax upon the taxable property of the district for the foregoing purposes (PROPOSITION NO. 1).

B) To vote upon the following propositions:

PROPOSITION NO. 2:

RESOLVED:

(a) That the Board of Education of the Great Neck Union Free School District, in the County of Nassau, New York (the ‘District’ ), is hereby authorized to undertake a capital improvement project (the ‘Project’ ), substantially as described in a revised plan, dated March 13, 2017, prepared for the District by BBS Architects Landscape Architects and Engineers PC (the ‘Plan’), which Plan is on file and available for public inspection at the office of the District Clerk, such Project, as revised, to include: construction of an auditorium; roof and window reconstruction and/or replacement; interior reconstruction and/or reconfiguration, including improvements to facilitate access by the physically challenged; plumbing, electric, lighting, public address, heating, ventilation and air conditioning system improvements; replacement of lockers, casework, ceilings and doors; building envelope, exterior masonry, parking, fencing, field and drainage improvements, including a new parking lot; safety, security, technology and energy efficiency enhancements; and other improvements; all of the foregoing to include the original furnishings, equipment, machinery, apparatus and ancillary or related site, demolition and other work required in connection therewith; and to expend therefor, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and to the financing thereof, an amount not to exceed the estimated total cost of $77,847,217; provided that the estimated costs of the components of the Project as set forth in the Plan may be reallocated among such components if the Board of Education shall determine that such reallocation is in the best interest of the District;

(b) that the amount of $9,507,955, currently on hand and available in the District’s General Fund’s unassigned fund balance, shall be applied to pay a portion of the cost of the Project; and

(c) that a tax is hereby voted in the aggregate amount of not to exceed $68,339,262 to pay the balance of the cost of the Project, said tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by said Board of Education; and that in anticipation of said tax, bonds of the District are hereby authorized to be issued in the principal amount of not to exceed $68,339,262 and a tax is hereby voted to pay the interest on said bonds as the same shall become due and payable.

Such Bond Proposition shall appear on the ballots used for voting at said Annual District Meeting and Election in substantially the following condensed form:

RESOLVED:

(a) That the Board of Education of the Great Neck Union Free School District, in the County of Nassau, New York (the ‘District’), is hereby authorized to undertake a capital improvement project, substantially as described in a revised plan, dated March 13, 2017, prepared for the District by BBS Architects Landscape Architects and Engineers PC (the ‘Plan’ ), and to expend therefor, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and to the financing thereof, an amount not to exceed the estimated total cost of $77,847,217; (b) that the amount of $9,507,955, currently on hand and available in the District’s General Fund’s unassigned fund balance, shall be applied to pay a portion of the cost thereof; and (c) that a tax is hereby voted in the aggregate amount of not to exceed $68,339,262 to pay the balance of the cost, said tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by said Board of Education; and that in anticipation of said tax, bonds of the District are hereby authorized to be issued in the principal amount of not to exceed $68,339,262 and a tax is hereby voted to pay the interest on said bonds as the same shall become due and payable.

PROPOSITION NO. 3:

RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Great Neck Union Free School District, Nassau County, New York, shall pay to the Great Neck Library, Great Neck, New York, a sum to be requested by the Board of Trustees of the Great Neck Library, Great Neck, New York, such sum to be raised by tax on the taxable property of said district for the support of said Great Neck Library for the year beginning January 1, 2018.

C) To elect for a three year term, a member of the Board of Education to fill the vacancy occasioned by the expiration of the term of Lawrence R. Gross, the new term to begin July 1, 2017.

D) To elect for a three year term, a member of the Board of Education to fill the vacancy occasioned by the expiration of the term of Susan Healy, the new term to begin July 1, 2017.

E) To vote upon such other propositions as may properly come before the meeting.

NOTICE IS GIVEN that the Board of Education will hold a public budget hearing on May 8, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. DST, in the North High School located at 35 Polo Road, Great Neck, New York for the purpose of discussing expenditure of funds and the budgeting thereof relative to the appropriation of necessary funds to meet the necessary expenditures of said school district for school year 2017-2018 at which time and which place all persons interested in the subject matter thereof will have an opportunity to be heard.

 NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that the annual election shall be conducted by voting on propositions and candidates on voting machines on May 16, 2017 commencing at 7:00 a.m. and ending 10:00 p.m., DST.

AND NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that a copy of statement of the amount of money which will be required for the ensuing year for school purposes (school budget) exclusive of public monies, and copies of propositions involving expenditure of monies for the operation of the school system for the ensuing year, may be obtained by any resident in the district during the fourteen days immediately preceding the annual election, except Saturday, Sunday or holidays, at each schoolhouse in which school is maintained during the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The aforesaid budget statement shall contain the amount of money to be paid to Great Neck Library for library services for the year beginning January 1, 2018.

AND NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that pursuant to Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law, the District is required to attach to its proposed budget an exemption report. Said exemption report, which will also become part of the final budget, will show how the total assessed value on the final assessment roll used in the budgetary process is exempt from taxation, list every type of exemption granted by the statutory authority, and show the cumulative impact of each type of exemption, the cumulative amount expected to be received as payment in lieu of taxes and the cumulative impact of all exemptions granted.

AND NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that nominations for members of the Board of Education shall be made by petition signed by at least 25 qualified voters of the District and filed in the office of the District Clerk between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. not later than the 30th day preceding the election at which the trustees shall be voted upon, this year, April 17, 2017. Such petition shall state the residence of each signer and shall state the name and residence of the candidate and must describe the specific vacancy for which the candidate is nominated, including the length of the term of office and the name of the last incumbent. The candidate receiving the greatest number of votes for each specific vacancy shall be considered elected to office. However, a nomination may be rejected by the Board of Education if the candidate is ineligible for the office or declares his or her unwillingness to serve.

AND NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that registration is permitted in the office of the District Clerk, Phipps Administration Building, 345 Lakeville Road, during the hours 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, up to and including May 11, 2017. A register will be prepared and will be filed in the office of the District Clerk, 345 Lakeville Road, Great Neck, New York, and such register will be open for inspection by any qualified voter between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (DST) on each of the five (5) days prior to the day set for voting on the budget and election, except Sunday, and between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon (DST) on Saturday, and at each polling place on election day.

AND NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that a person shall be entitled to vote at the annual election who is a citizen of the United States, eighteen years of age, a resident of the School District for a period of thirty days next preceding the election at which he/she offers to vote and registered to vote for said election. A person shall be registered to vote if he or she shall have permanently registered with the Nassau County Board of Elections or with the School District’s Board of Registration. Only persons who shall be registered shall be entitled to vote. Said register shall include (1) all qualified voters of the District who shall present themselves personally for registration, and (2) all voters previously registered for any annual or special District election and who shall have voted at any annual or special District election held or conducted at any time within the four calendar years (2013-2016) prior to preparation of said register.

AND NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Board of Registration will meet during the hours of voting at the Annual District Election on May 16, 2017 at the polling places in each of the election districts to prepare a register for District elections to be held subsequent to May 16, 2017.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Board shall convene a special meeting thereof within twenty-four hours after the filing with the District Clerk of a written report of the results of the ballot for the purpose of examining and tabulating said reports of the result of the ballot and declaring the result of the ballot; that the Board hereby designates itself to be a set of poll clerks to cast and canvas ballots pursuant to Education Law ß2019-a.2.b at said special meeting of the Board.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that applications for absentee ballots for the school district election may be applied for at the office of the District Clerk. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in the office of the District Clerk on each of the five days prior to the day of the election except Sundays.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Board of Education has adopted rules governing the election, which include the following:

a) Any proposition or question to be placed upon the voting machines (except propositions or questions which are required to be stated in this Notice) shall be submitted in writing by petition subscribed by at least 25 qualified voters of the District or 5% of the eligible voters who voted in the previous annual election, whichever is greater, and filed in the office of the District Clerk between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., not later than the 30th day preceding the election at which such question or proposition shall be voted upon, except that on the 30th day, this year, April 17, 2017, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

b) All petitions submitting questions or propositions shall clearly and concisely state the proposition or question to be submitted to the election, but the form and language of such question or proposition shall be determined by the Board of Education.

c) The Board of Education shall examine each petition filed with the office of the District Clerk for the submission of questions and propositions and may reject said petition if its purpose is not within the power of the voters, or where expenditure of money is required by the petition, if the proposition fails to include the necessary specific appropriation.

Dated: March 13, 2017

Great Neck, New York

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION

GREAT NECK UNION FREE

SCHOOL DISTRICT

MICHELE DOMANICK,

DISTRICT CLERK

GNN #145537

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